Summer League - College style

has been a UNLV fan since she moved to Las Vegas in 1985. She rarely misses a
home football or men's basketball game, and travels to some men's basketball
away games every year. She has attended the last five NCAA tournaments that UNLV
played in and is an 1996 UNLV alumnus.

Each summer the UNLV men's basketball team has a little time off to go home,
visit family and rest up. But they don't stay away from the court for long.
Most of them participate in summer league somewhere. Previously, they all
seemed to be in California, but for the second year in a row, they can now play
right here in Las Vegas.

The Desert Reign Pro City Summer League was established in 2012 and is
sanctioned by the NCAA. I can't begin to explain all the rules laid out by the
NCAA, but I know Kreigh Warkentien (Director of Basketball Operators) and Eric
Tolliver ("Compliance guy" as I like to call him) over at UNLV do a good job
making sure the guys are eligible before they are put on a roster at Desert
Reign.

This year, Rebel fans (myself included) dying to see some UNLV hoops can go
to Sawyer Middle School, off Rainbow & Dewey behind Spring Valley Hospital,
to watch college hoops for free, and see some new (and old) players from the
Rebels.

Last night, I took the kids over to watch a couple games. It was great to see
ex-Rebels Quintrell Thomas and Marcus Lawrence, as well as new Rebels, Jelan
Kendrick, Kevin Olekaibe and Roscoe Smith. We also watched a great show by
current Rebels Savon Goodman and Daquan Cook.

Demetris Morant may play next week, if released from a medical issue and
Kendall Smith may also play, if approved by the NCAA. In the meantime, they were
both in attendance Tuesday night supporting their teammates. We might even see
former Rebels, Anthony Marshall or Brice Massamba, join in, as they were hanging
around in the gym on Wednesday night to watch games.

It was nice seeing some of my Rebel friends watching the games in the gym.
They even had the A/C turned on last night, unlike last year where the crowd was
as sweaty as the players by the end of the night!